State Census Drives Fast Matching System for New York
The Military Census in New York uses a Tabulation Division of 500 girls at Lafayette Street to sort and code 3,000,000 registration slips. They punch cards and feed them into machines to quickly sort by county, race, language, and occupation, producing organized, indexed results for military purposes.
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George Garr Henry
New York
Lafayette Street
Etx
Henry
Lafayette
Eneus
New York City
Sean Comecties
H. McCall
William Macfarlane
Elbert Murphy
Labayetts Street
Census Bureau
Washington
Othean
Bive
Ecret
Thompson Signs Military Census Card in Lockport Hearing
State Senator George F Thompson signed the State Military census card in Lockport after assurances it does not waive his exemption from service. The June 23 hearing before Census Director Charles Foley grew heated. Thompson argued over enrollment language while Foley cited Deputy Commissioner Glynn era precedents.
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New York Times
Lockport
N. Y
George F. Thompson
Len
Charlies
Fpoler
Foley
Thompson
Glynn
Tee
Larkin Arrested After Draft Protest at Queens Meeting
A man claiming to be James Larkin of 211 East Eighteenth Street, labor organizer, was arrested after an attack on the Government and the Selective Draft bill at a Socialist meeting at Cypress and Myrtle Avenues in Queens. Police say the Irish labor leader, previously jailed in Dublin in 1918, urged audience disruption and called those registered under the law mule. He was held pending DA advice on additional charges.
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James Larkin
East Eighteenth Street
Cypress and
Myrtle Avenues
Queens
Dublin
Ireland
Anacs
Captain West
Glendale
Larkin
St Con
Service Board's Busy Week Promises Key Hearings
The Public Service Commission schedules a busy week with major hearings. Testimony resumes on the New York Laison pany request to reduce electric to seven cents, and bonds for New York and Richmond Gas y receive approval. Florida (note: adjusted) interim items include rate actions for Bronx and Manhattan lines and a Friday revisit of the Third Avenue application.
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Public Service Commission
Commission
New York Laison Pany
New York and Richmond Gas Y
Boloon Company
Manhattan
Bro
EF Island Iomy
Flatbush Gas Company
Bronx
I. Pr Railway
Rmission
Sim — Railroad
Third Avenue
Mayors Statement on Chicago School Board Turmoil
Mayor Thomp son denounces council actions over school board leadership. He cites illegal diversions of records and accuses the old and new boards of evasive tactics. Two conflicting meetings are planned with dates set for next day and July 3 as officials contest legality.
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Chicago
Thompson
Boardi Ng
Davis New
Hoyne
Old
New
Via Board
Policeman prevents lynching near East Chester Creek
Mount Vernon motorcycle officer Lester arrives as a mob gathers near Third Avenue and Eridge Road to hang barge cook Frederick Schaffer who allegedly attacked Charlotte Jacques. Schaffer, a Saugerties resident employed at the city docks, denies the accusation.
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Lester
Mount Vernon
Frederick Schaffer
East Chester Creek
Schaffer
Arlotte Jacques
Mount Vernon Hospital
Chaffer
Third Avenue
Eiridge Road
Saugerties
City Docks
Not a Real Shirker in City Census Yet
The city reports 275000 registered in the State Military Census yesterday, lifting the city total to about 2,575,000 with 300000 remaining to enroll. Director E P Goodrich opened his inquiry into why some refused to register and why blanks were not signed. Eight attendees appeared, five later produced cards, three claimed not to understand registration. A violent objector cited age privacy, accepted as private. Language barriers arose with a Rusified name and a local translator found who spoke Russian. One man clarified his occupation as a track walker for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Women will be subpoenaed after a warning letter. a schoolteacher faced unresolved issues. A Chinese origin registrant and other confusions cited.
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E. P. Goodrich
Good
Rossen
Inter
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Census Oversight Noted As Officials Inspect
Captain G G Henry heads state census work and traveled to Albany to review progress. A first conviction under the new census law was recorded in Syracuse with a 28 year old man jailed for six months for refusing to answer questions.
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G. G. Henry
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Syracuse
Whitman
Doctor Condon Transferred to Mercer County Jail
Dr W J Condon an officer in the Medical Reserve Corps of the U S Army, charged with the murder of Rutgers student James Piper, arrived from Chattanooga and is held in the Mercer County jail after Middlesex County’s facility is deemed inadequate. He refused comment beyond noting his meals in his cell and planned to wear his army uniform during proceedings.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
W. J Condon
New Brunswick
Medical Reserve Corps
United States Army
James Piper
Rutgers College
Chattanooga
Ruth
Bo Watson
Middlesex County
Warden D'Arcy
Condon
Mr. Watson
Corn Day Proposal Sketched By Official
Commissioner Joseph Hartigan seeks official recognition of a corn day similar to Fridays fish day. He plans to present the idea to the Mayor's committee or have an official order designated by Mr. Mitchel if needed. A museum bulletin notes a corn related cultural discovery and new Mandan maize varieties with red, black, and blue kernels.
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Joseph Hartigan
Mitchel
Ops
Bulietin
American Museum of A
United States
Mexican Propaganda Seized by U S Agents in Texas
Department of Justice agents announced a crackdown on circulation of German propaganda in Texas. A Mexico City paper with a lurid sea battle tale off Heligoland was cited as the source for the order.
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San Antonio
Texas
Department of Justice
Mexico City
Heligoland
Peace agitators form Peoples Council of America aims at end run to separate peace
A broad coalition of radicals and pacifists forms the Peoples Council of America to advocate a Germany-inspired peace. The group, housed at 70 Fifth Avenue, plans mass meetings and literature drives to flood the country with propaganda and push for a general democratic peace aligned with Russia's views. Leaders include Morris Hillquit and Judah L. Lee.
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Germany
United States
Berlin
Rmans
People's Council of America
Le 6
Consoy
Eace Federation
Asperlcan Union
People’s Council
Fifth Avenue
Rus
Russia
America
Council
Oscpr
Cambon
West
A. W. Ricker
Nzine
Northwest
James D. Maurer
Pennsylvania Labor Agitator
Will Deve
Madison Garden
6 Council
People’s Os
Fede
Poli
Hosiery Styles and Materials Descriptions for Stockings
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